HAWAII AGRICULTURAL THEFT AND/OR VANDALISM
The Hawaii Field Office of the USDA’s National materials, equipment, and other property is
Agricultural Statistics Service conducted a pegged at $1.9 million. Statewide vandalism
special survey of Hawaii’s farmers on their cost to farms in Hawaii totaled $2.0 million.
exposure to agricultural theft and/or vandalism. Total security costs to prevent theft and/or
The total value of theft and/or vandalism losses, vandalism totaled $7.4 million. A special note of
as well as security costs, from Hawaii farms is acknowledgment goes to the Hawaii Farm
estimated at $11.4 million or 8 percent of the Bureau Federation (HFBF). This survey was
2004 Hawaii net farm income of $151 million conducted with funds from the State of Hawaii,
estimated by USDA, Economic Research Department of Agriculture and co-sponsored by
Service. Total theft of farm commodities, the HFBF.
Theft and/or Vandalism Losses and Security Measure Costs, by County, 2004
Losses Security measure
County Total
Theft Vandalism 1 costs
1,000 dollars
Hawaii 634 192 3,119 3,945
Honolulu 798 568 2,553 3,919
Kauai 185 99 893 1,177
Maui 329 1,160 835 2,324
Total 1,946 2,019 7,400 11,365
1
A large vandalism event occurred during 2004 and was reported by one of our respondents. We consider this event a statistical aberration. We have
omitted this event and summarized the remaining data to acquire what we consider a truer picture of agricultural vandalism for the State of Hawaii.
Theft by Category, State of Hawaii, 2004
Type of theft Number of incidents Amount of loss
1,000 dollars
Crop 2,900 562
Livestock 284 262
Chemical/Fertilizer 127 55
Machinery/Equipment 608 839
Other Property 820 228
Total 4,739 1,946
Vandalism by Category, State of Hawaii, 2004
Type of vandalism Number of incidents Amount of loss
1,000 dollars
Crop 263 1,026
Livestock 61 299
Chemical/Fertilizer 23 4
Machinery/Equipment 169 465
Other Property 637 225
Total 1,153 2,019
89 Statistics of Hawaii Agriculture